Theses

Proposed research topics

Current PhD candidates

Maria Vittoria Tenci

Formation, evolution and fate of new proglacial lakes in the deglaciating Alps, co-funded by University of Trento, Italy and Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy (co-supervised by M. Toffolon and W. Bertoldi, UniTrento, M. Tolotti and M.C. Bruno, FEM) [2021-ongoing]

Matteo De Vincenzi

Water management of hypereutrophic shallow lakes (supervised by M. Tubino and L. Adami) [2022-ongoing]

Gaia Donini

Exploring the optical characteristics of lake ice and water: in-situ measurements and analysis (supervised by S. Piccolroaz) [2022-ongoing]

Francesca Hinegk

Modelling ice dynamics and environmental impacts in hydropower reservoirs with pumped-storage operations, co-funded by University of Trento, Italy and Sintef Energi (project HydroConnect), Norway (supervised by M. Toffolon, co-supervised by A. Adeva Bustos, Sintef) [2022-ongoing]

Ongoing MSc theses

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Ongoing BSc theses

Maria Wegher

Previous theses

PhD theses

Azadeh Yousefi

Investigating the crucial factors impacting the accuracy of machine learning models for lake surface water temperature and ice thickness prediction (2023)

Tullus Ullus Bergmann Filho

Stores, impacts and dispersal of sediments contaminated by mining legacy in rivers and estuaries induced by climate change effects (2021)

Marina Amadori

On the physical drivers of transport processes in Lake Garda: a combined analytical, numerical and observational investigation (2020)

Gregorio Alejandro López Moreira Mazacotte

Ecological modelling of lake ecosystems: integrating hydro-thermodynamics and biogeochemistry in a reduced complexity framework (2019)

Roshni Arora

River temperature behaviour in changing environments: trends, patterns at different spatial and temporal scales and role as a stressor (2016)

Tesfaye Haimanot Tarekegn

Downstream suspended sediment dynamics of reservoir sediment flushing (2015)

Sebastiano Piccolroaz

Deep ventilation in Lake Baikal: a simplified model for a complex natural phenomenon (2013)

MSc theses